Statistics from Candidates’ 2022 Madrid

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8 players double round robin: 14 rounds, 56 games
Nepo won with 9.5/14: 9 draws and 5 wins
He was the only undefeated player with no loss
Nepo won 3 with black and 2 with white
He has earned the right to play again for the World Championship against Carlsen
If Carlsen does not defend his title, then the match will be against the runner-up Ding
Ding scored 8/14: 8 draws, 4 wins, 2 losses
Ding won 2 with white and 2 with black
Both of Ding's losses were with white

Of the 56 games there were 33 draws, 14 white wins, and 9 black wins
25 games with 0 error, 20 with 1 error, 7 with 2 errors, 3 with 3 errors, 1 with 4 errors

38 games opened with 1 e4, 18 games with 1 d4 / 1 c4 / 1 Nf3
26 games opened with 1 e4 e5 and 12 games with 1 e4 c5
Berlin C65 was played in 8 games, Giuoco Piano C54 in 5, Petrov C42 in 5, Najdorf B90 in 4, Taimanov B44 in 3, Catalan E04 in 2, Nimzovich Indian Defence E48 in 2
Played once: A07, A13, A14, A20, A22, B28, B33, B46, B53, B66, C26, C43, C67, C77, C82, C88,
D24, D38, D40, D46, D87, E05, E06, E16, E36

The longest game took 96 moves, the shortest 14, average 47, standard deviation 16
The earliest novelty happend on move 7, the latest on 24, average 13, standard deviation 4
The longest game past theory lasted 79 moves, the shortest 0, average 34, standard deviation 17

Least men at the end of a game was 3, most 26, average 13, standard deviation 6
22 games reached an endgame with at most 1 queen / rook / bishop / knight per side:
8 rook endings, 6 bishop vs. knight, 4 bishop endings, 2 knight endings, and 2 queen endings

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Cool! "25 games with 0 error" is impressive.

Avatar of DreamscapeHorizons

I just went and counted the total wins. It was 23 (counted twice) which is 41%, a very high win % in my opinion.  I'd like to go back and check the other candidates for comparison. I'm guessing this year's win % is higher than average. 

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#3
Yeketarinburg 2021 had 17 white wins and 8 black wins.

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Least men

uhhh careful.

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Thee_Ghostess_Lola wrote:

Least men

uhhh careful.

Fewest men?